Bag holder



April 6, 1926. 1,579,314 4 c. R. HELLsTRoM BAG HOLDER Fled Feb. 9. 19252 Sheets-Shut 2 aus: nuts Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED CARL R. HELLSTROLM, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEOTA.

mie Hoeven Application filed February 9, 1.923. kSerial No. 618,073.

new and usefulImprovements inBag Holders, of which the `following is akspecification. yThe invention relates to'bag hoiders, and has as anobject the 'provisiono'if improvements upon the device" disclosed bv thepatent giantedto me under date of July 25, 1922, No.1, 42,4\,017.Al'iurther object is the provision ofen improved holder having means fordispensing anvof the usualtypes of bags. A'urther object ofthdinventionis the provision of supportino'- mean'sffor Vsuch bag raclrwhe'rebv a'pluraity 4of racks may be provided to dispense bagsv of ag pluralty ofsizes. j

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in thelaccompanying' drawings, in `which f Fig.` 1 shoivsa formV ofstand ivitha plurality of holders thereon; i Fig. 2 is a vertical-section onv line2, of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 isa detail vertical longitudinal section Vof amodiiied forni ofholder support; Fig. liiis a detail perspectivevievs7 loi," the form' ofdevice shown in'Fig. 3 with the holder removed 'from'its support;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section ythrough a modified :torni of holder andsupport;

In the embodiment of the invention shown inFigs. 1 and 2, a support forholders is shown comprising standards 10 and 'which may desirably beformed of 'pi e. Bases 12, 13 are shown upon the standards which may berboite-dito the floor'or'eouiiter. `Caps 14, 1,5 are shown which maybeiitih'zed Jini securing o 'f Vtheidievice in "the `desired positionvinstead 'of the bases 12, bolts passingvt-hi'ough the caps into aceiling, or

The means for directly supporting the Vstiffened and passed about thestandardsf The plate y rlhe form of thel device shown in Figs. 1 and 2comprises 'a box or casing 2O open at the/rear and having an opening 21in the lowerl portion of its front. Preferably the material adjacentlthe'upper marginof the opening 21 is depressed, as shoivn at 22 toeiiicientiy deliver thebags.' The box atl the lowerV 'edge lof theopening 21 is provided with a' portion 23 rising a short. distance fromthe floor 2iand the edgeI of the portion 23 isipieferablv outturn'ed vasat 25 to,

stiften the saine and to provide 'a smooth de'- livervf member vfor'thelower portion' oi' the bags. To accommodate'tlieezi'cess thickness of?the lpalcliagfe'"foiV bags` produced tbv "the folded bottomsthereofftlieboes are desirablfv inade'shallower ati'ftheir upper endattheir "'1 `oiver," as' shown. "To ypress the bags'tovv'ard theripening 21 thereis shovvii a member 265'iv`hich may' be intheoiinof'a'rod guided ina diagonal 'Wav 27, shovvn 'as comprising slotinthe -ivalls of the box', 'as disclosed in "my former patent referredto.KAV f i 7'" The'vveight of the box and contents, in

the xforniV ozt't-lie device Ashoivn infFi'gs.` 1 to 4 inclusive,"issupported'r'froin `:the `rodl 26 v themediiin of" a Strap 27 shown ashanging from hooli 28 inFlgs.- 11 and `l2. The* hook 281s shownasvpassing'through a hole the upper ivall ofthe-"box and as acting as aguide"or'thevertical sliding movement 'of the box the` package of bags'threin'isieduced *in size byremoval ofbags'." ivili be seen 'thatdheAWeight of the box and contents supported"by the istrap 27I virili act4upon'the member 26 Kto force' the same toivai'd'theiront/of the bolvsoas" to press the portion ofthe'bagsoutwardly adjacent the centralpbition "of the o`pe'iiing'21, causing the bags 't bulge through saidopening. The eiiect of such bulging -isto throw outwardlyfthefoldededgeof the bottom of each V`bag asA it A"b econie's exposed; andV the bag;may bel removed "'frfon'i 'theholden with great'A celeritv by'k ofuicklyjerking yupon the expiised edge of' the bottom of *thebang-f1 K fIn'thef'for' fof' thedevice shown inFigs. 1 Ato "ffii iiielus" e,"fiiieanfs are*providedto fiold ythe; ii'atits'fbttin aiid'tofguide n -itver caif'slidingtn nient.

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y te or* the repre as: lniiaffiiesi( agar-ayer Cil of the box. In theform of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the hooks 28 and areduplicat-ed on the opposite sides of the plate 16 and may desirably beformed from a single. piece of heavy wire passed through the plate andturned upwardly on th-e opposite sides thereof. lVhen so forme-d aseries of boxes of the same, or substantially the same, size may beapplied. to both sides of the plate. Suiiicient variation between theboxes on opposite sides of the plate is allowable so that the next size,smaller or larger, box may be placed opposite any particular box. Thebags upon the opposite side of the plate from the user may be veryreadily obtained by extending the hand below the plate 16 and reachingup to grasp the edge of the desired bag.

The form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be removed by slidingthe box upwardly until the holes 29 and 3l are freed from theirrespective hooks when the box may be pulled away from the plate asuficient distance to allow the strap 27 to be readily removed. Thesupply of bags in the box may then be replenished after removal of themember 26 by merely laying the bags in the box, when the box may bereplaced by reverse movements.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 4 the guide at the bottom takesthe form of a headed plate 32, having a head 33 and a neck 34, the body35 of the plate is shown as secured to the box by means of a screw 36passing through the hole 31 in the bottom wall of the box and takinginto a threaded hole in the body 35. The guide in the plate 37 is shownin the form of a slot 38 having an enlargement 39 at its top throughwhich the head 83 may be passed in the placing of the box upon theholder.` The plate 37 in this form of the device is preferably formed asa pair of parallel separated plates 37, 39, and when so formed the plate39 may if desired be also provided with slots 38 so that holders may beapplied to the opposite surface of a rack, thus formed. This form of thedevice is preferably mounted upon a hook 28, as in the form of thedevice iirst described.

A form of the device for use upon the may be placed upon the hook 42 byentry Y of said hook through the hole 29, with the box dependingsubstantially vertically from the surface 43. lVhen the box is thenswungto its position as shown in the figure thewall 24 of the box may bepressed inwardly until it clears the end of the hook 41 when it may beallowed to snap back with the hook 41 engaged in the hole 31.

To press the bags to the front in this form of the device the stra-p 27is shown as provided with a weight 44, the strap being otherwise thesame as provided in the other forms of the invention, and the action ofthe delivery of bags in this form of the invention is the same as thatalready described.

The boxes for each of the forms of the invention herein described willbe seen to be identical, and may be formed with the openings 29, 31,which openings are utilized in supporting the box in position in variousways. To adopt the form of holder above described for dispensingstraight bags which do not have the edge of the folded bottom to beprojected as shown at 45, the device illustrated in Fig. 3 is Supplied.In the einbodiment shown herein, this device comprises a false bottom inthe form of a plate 46 resting at its rear edge on the bottom of thevboxand at its front edge upon and terminating above, the lip 25. To preventthis plate slipping forwardly, a tongue or tongues 47 may be struckdownwardly from the material of the plat-e to lodge behind the portion23. To retain the lower edges 0f the bags releasably a tongue 48 isprovided which projects forwardly from the front edge of the plate 46and is preferably upwardly curved to retain the ends. The extremity ofthe tongue is shown 'as recurved downwardly to act as a` thumb piece. Bypressure of the side of the thumb upon the thumb piece, the bottom of abag may be released to be thrown outwar-dlyaby reason of the pressure ofbar 26V which bottom may then be grasped and the bag extracted. Thetongue 48 is made of resilient material so as to return to retainingposition when released.

Minor change-s may be made in the physical embodiment of the inventionwithout departing 'from its spirit.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a casing comprising end walls,side walls and -a front wall, said end walls each having a perforationadjacent its rear margin adapted to receive casing retaining means, saidside walls having slots adjacent one end and inclined upwardly andforwardly, said slots adapted to act as ways for feeding means, and saidfront wall cut away adjacent one end of the casing to provide anopening, a flange upstanding from the end wall adjacent said opening andforming a margin of the opening.

.12. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a casing having an opening in its front andopeningsadjacent the rear edges of its end walls, means at one margin ofthe front opening to retain the ends of objects to be dispensed, meansin the casing actuated by weight of the casing and contents to move suchobjects toward the front opening, and means coacting` with the openingsin the end walls to retain the casing` upon a support, for slidingmovement.

3. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a casing having an opening in its front and an openingadjacent the rear edge of its upper end wall, means at the lower marginof said first named opening to retain the ends of objects to bedispensed,ways carried by the side walls of the casing adjacent thefirst named opening, a member slidable in said ways, means forsupporting the casing and contents through the medium of said niember,means passing through the second named openingto guide the verticalslid# ing movement oi" the casing and means to restrain and guide thelower end of the casing for sliding movement.

4. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a casing having an opening in its front and openingsadjacent the rear edges of its end walls, means at one margin of thefront opening to retain the ends oi objects to be dispensed, means inthe casing actuated by weight of the casing and contents to move suchobjectsk toward the front opening, a plurality of elongated guidingmembers secured to a support, extending in a plane parallel to the planethereof and through said openings in the end walls of the casing toretain the casingV against the support for vertical sliding movement'.'e

5. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a casing having an opening in its front wall and openingsadjacent the rear edges of its end walls, ways carried by the side wallsof the casing adjacent the first named opening eX- tending diagonallyupwardly and forwardly, a member positioned back of articles to bedispensed and slidable in said ways, a plurality of elongated guidingmembers secured to a support, extending upwardly in a plane parallelwith the support and through said openings in the end walls of thecasing tor guide sliding movements of the casing, and means supportingthe weight ot' the casing and contents from one ot said members wherebyobjects in the casing willV be moved toward said front opening.

6. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a support, a plurality of members passing through andsecured to said support, the portions of said members on each side ofsaid support projecting upwardly substantially parallel with the. planeof the support and adapted to guide the upper and lower ends ofdispensing casings iorfif'ertical sliding movements.

7. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, incombination, a support comprising a plate and standards secured to thevertical edges thereof, a plurality of dispensing casings mounted onsaid plate for vertically sliding movement, means said opening, asuspending element secured to said means vand having a support engag-.ing opening adjacent its upper end, and a support engaged by said lastnamed openn ing and extending through said perforation, whereby theweight of the casing and contents may cause said means to slide in saidways as the cont-ents of the casing are depleted.

CARL R. HELLSTROM,

